Word Finder - vault

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An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.

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Any arched ceiling or roof.

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Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.

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The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and church crypts.

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Any cellar or underground storeroom.

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Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.

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Family members had been buried in the vault for centuries.

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The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.

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The bank kept their money safe in a large vault.

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A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.

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A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.

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An encrypted digital archive.

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An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.

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An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.

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A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.

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To build as, or cover with a vault.

We'll seal the vault the best we can.

Whatever was in the vault, it must be important.

How big is the vault she has?

Lana cried and tossed the vault to Charlie.

He died in London on the 14th of December 1860, and was buried in the family vault at Stanmore.

He tucked it and the vault into his cargo pocket.

She shook her head and walked out of the bay into the foyer, tucking the micro and vault into her pockets.

It's in a vault the size of my hand.

The moment his hand paused over the vault, she tensed.

Through the window she saw Alex vault the fence and hit the ground running.

He died on the 5th of August 1799, and was buried in his family vault at Langar.

These were unknown to Bosio, and are both covered with frescoes, the vault being in one case decorated with the scene which represents Christ seated among the apostles and pronouncing sentence upon the defunct.

For the other members of the royal family there is a separate vault, known as the Panteon de los Infantes, or more familiarly by the dreadfully suggestive name of El Pudridero.

It was excavated by Spiegelthal in 1854, who found that it covered a large vault of finely-cut marble blocks approached by a flat-roofed passage of the same stone from the south.

He alone was aware of the existence of the new throne of walrus ivory embellished with three silver life-size lions, and of the new regalia, both of which treasures he had, by the king's command, concealed in a vault beneath the royal castle.

No one yet, but bring my vault with you.

He strode to the safe, placing the vault within.

Lana freed the vault from her pants and quickly went through the opening sequence.

If a family vault was required, or a burial chapel for a martyr or person of distinction, a small square room was excavated by the side of the gallery and communicating with it.

The Roman Catholic church of St John, with two fine towers, contains the burial vault of the dukes.

No coffins are used, and a stone vault is built over the corpse so that it may not come into direct contact with the earth.

In a vault where more than one martyr was buried an altar might be erected for each.

The cloisters connect the cathedral with the church of Our Lady (Liebfrauenkirche), a beautiful building in the form of a circle intersected by a cross, with a lofty vault, built 1127-1143, and said to be the oldest Gothic church in Germany.

The chamber has a safety value at the top of its vault, which is so balanced that the least surplus pressure from within sends it up. The first puff of sulphur vapour which enters the chamber takes fire and converts the air of the chamber into a mixture of nitrogen and sulphur dioxide.

The royal vault in the Chapel Royal, which had fallen into a dilapidated condition, has been put in order; Clockmill House and grounds have been added to the area of the parade ground, and the abbey precincts generally and the approaches to the King's Park have been improved.

To the south-east of the church, and divided from it by a screen, is the Derby chapel, the exclusive property of the earls of Derby, whose vault is contained within.

The Bethmann vault attracts attention by three bas-reliefs from the chisel of Thorwaldsen; and the Reichenbach mausoleum is a vast pile designed by Hessemer at the command of William II.

In the zodiac of Merton College, Oxford, Libra is represented by a judge in his robes and Pisces by the dolphin of Fitzjames, warden of the college, 1482-1507.6 The great rose-windows of the Early Gothic period were frequently painted with zodiacal emblems; and some frescoes in the cathedral of Cologne contain the signs, each with an attendant angel, just as they were depicted on the vault of the church at Mount Athos.

The elaborately carved chair of the lieutenant-governor in the senate chamber, made of wood from the historic Charter Oak, and the original charter of 1662 (or its duplicate of the same date) are preserved in a special vault in the Connecticut state library.

In the Griine Gewolbe (Green Vault) of the Royal Palace, so called from the character of its original decorations, there is an unequalled collection of precious stones, pearls and works of art in gold, silver, amber and ivory.

In fact, I'd confine myself to a bank vault or a guru's mountain top sanctuary.

He tossed her micro, pills, and a vault half the size of his hand on the pillows near him.

Her gaze went to the safe where her vault was locked.

She changed and placed her micro and vault into her pockets then followed Kelli out of the warehouse, through the front office space and into the street.

With the vault in her pocket, she waited.

John are by Correggio, and the arabesques on the vault of the nave by Anselmi.

As a punishment she was sentenced to be buried alive in a vault, where she hanged herself, and Haemon killed himself in despair.

To the south-east is the church of Kirkhill containing the vault of the Lovats.

The chapter-house, adjoining the choir, was built by Bishop Thomas Lauder (1395-1481) in 1469, and the vault beneath is the burial-place of the Atholl Murrays.

The egg may be either the earth with the overarching vault of heaven or (as in Egypt - but this is a later view) the sun.

Another legend states that Arthur and his knights sleep in a vault beneath the Eildons.

Bricked vault tombs were discovered containing bodies outstretched (not contracted); the deposits were of an unusually fine character and comprised silve, alabaster and even iron.

Finally, in the cemetery is the grand ducal family vault, in which Goethe and Schiller also lie, side by side.

The inside of the vault was ornamented with attached bronze ornaments, but not, as is sometimes stated, entirely lined with bronze.

Burying Ground to Fairmount Cemetery and placed in a large vault marked by a monument.

She padded towards her desk, where the Undersecretary of Domestic Security's electronic records were maintained within a secured, portable vault the size of her hand.

Computers hummed, the sound enough to lull Lana to sleep nearly every shift she spent alone in the vault despite the sleep replacement supplements—known as anti-sleepers—she took.

Her micro and the vault were missing.

He held up the vault again, and desperation crossed her features.

If she could get the micro and the vault, she could escape.